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Originally Posted by Siggy00

Nice work my ass. He's reading stat sheets.

He doesn't pay attention to the games. It's more about WHEN, than how many.

Did anyone consider that when they team isn't as good, they are forced to throw more because they find themselves behind more often? The passing attempts prove nothing. The Pgh teams who are not as good are forced to throw more, hence they have worse records.

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Originally Posted by lloydroid

did anyone consider that when they team isn't as good, they are forced to throw more because they find themselves behind more often? The passing attempts prove nothing. The pgh teams who are not as good are forced to throw more, hence they have worse records.

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He is fast, big and powerful. He has elite vision, and a vicious stiff arm. People who are complaining obviously haven't seen this guy tote the rock.

Some will always find something to complain about. I remember when the Steelers traded for Bettis...some in the media/fans were not happy. They said he was lazy, fat, bad attitude and his best days were behind him. That turned out pretty well.

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Originally Posted by SteelBucks

Some will always find something to complain about. I remember when the Steelers traded for Bettis...some in the media/fans were not happy. They said he was lazy, fat, bad attitude and his best days were behind him. That turned out pretty well.

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Guys, are you blind? He is hurt all the time, and when he did play last year he put up a 2.7 ypc average. And you WANT that guy on your team? That is idiotic. THINK. I would seriously take both Dwyer and Redman over this PED-created waste.

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Originally Posted by lloydroid

Did anyone consider that when they team isn't as good, they are forced to throw more because they find themselves behind more often? The passing attempts prove nothing. The Pgh teams who are not as good are forced to throw more, hence they have worse records.

Nice point. However, with a pretty consistently good defense we rarely fall behind in a way that forces us to pass lean heavily on the pass for an entire season. When we lose we rarely fall far behind, and as Crash likes to emphasize we tend to give up leads when we lose. Ironically, in in years past when we passed "less" Ben lead a ton of comeback victories. We fell behind just as much if not more and it did not result in the pass numbers we see lately.

A bigger issue is the "inability" to run effectively, which I understand.

What you and SOD are unaware of is that Crash and I have a long standing philosophical debate on this topic.
When we ran WELL Crash wanted us to run less, by choice.
THAT is his beef with Rooney, which started this debate.
Crash hates what Rooney said about running the ball, thus his ridiculous "yinzer" comment.

When our run game struggle I want better interior linemen and MORE balance. Crash wants fast receivers, and more passing.

Philosophically, I believe that if you have the horses, balance beats pass-centric every time.

Crash is of the popular view that it is a "passing league" so he wants us to throw a ton like Peyton, Brady, Brees, or Rogers.

I do not buy that.

I believe that a balanced team lead by an elite QB is better than a pass-centric team with an elite QB.

Elite QBs win, which makes it look like I'm wrong but all the elite QBs tend to pass more, save for Ben.

Funny only Ben and Eli have TWO rings during the time he has been in the league, not the glory boys.